Monitoring and Automatic Scaling of Data Volumes

A computer-implemented method of scaling aspects of a data environment using a separate control environment, comprising:

• under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,
• obtaining performance information for at least one resource in the data environment, the performance information including at least one of usage information and capacity information for the at least one resource;
• extracting historical information for the at least one resource, the historical information representing values of at least some of the performance information over a period of time;
• analyzing the performance information and the historical information using at least one prediction algorithm to predict an anticipated usage value for the at least one resource;
• and
• executing a workflow in the control environment for adjusting the capacity of the at least one resource in the data environment based at least in part upon at least one of the usage information and the anticipated usage value, the workflow including at least one task configured to call into the data environment to perform the adjustment.

A system for scaling aspects of a data environment using a separate control environment, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
• obtain performance information for at least one resource in the data environment, the performance information including at least one of usage information and capacity information for the at least one resource;
• extract historical information for the at least one resource, the historical information representing values of at least some of the performance information over a period of time;
• analyze the performance information and the historical information using at least one prediction algorithm to predict an anticipated usage value for the at least one resource at a determined point in the future;
• and
• execute a workflow in the control environment for adjusting the capacity of the at least one resource in the data environment based at least in part upon at least one of the usage information and the anticipated usage value, the workflow including at least one task configured to call into the data environment to perform the adjustment.

A computer program product embedded in a computer-readable medium and including instructions that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to:

• obtain performance information for at least one resource in the data environment, the performance information including at least one of usage information and capacity information for the at least one resource;
• extract historical information for the at least one resource, the historical information representing values of at least some of the performance information over a period of time;
• analyze the performance information and the historical information using at least one prediction algorithm to predict an anticipated usage value for the at least one resource at a determined point in the future;
• and
• execute a workflow in the control environment for adjusting the capacity of the at least one resource in the data environment based at least in part upon at least one of the usage information and the anticipated usage value, the workflow including at least one task configured to call into the data environment to perform the adjustment.